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Stories like these are what I would call "humility porn." So Huang succeeded partly because he worked as a waiter and taking "pancake orders" taught him how to

Stories like these are what I would call "humility porn." So Huang succeeded partly because he worked as a waiter and taking "pancake orders" taught him how to deal with strangers? Do the authors realize how ridiculous this sounds? That's great if Huang found a way to draw on his life experience. But he also just happened to have a master's degree from Stanford University and lived in Silicon Valley. Those are the sorts of characteristics that narrow down the possibilities quite a bit. Maybe he really did have a humble background. I don't know. But can we quit implying that's really what matters?

alok-g 3y ago
Curiously, a multitude of AI algorithms can figure which 'features' are relevant (ignoring training data requirement for a second*), to what extent, and how to use them as needed. On the other hand, humans (the authors in this example) often don't understand that, and can take any of the input features as the key determining factor. * When, why, and if, AI needs more training data than humans aside, even humans have received enough of it to have developed some common sense, but yet ...
fuzzfactor 3y ago
Regardless of how humble, good business strategy can be useful to pay attention to. There was a recent posting of a twitter thread by Peter Yang discussing the $Trillion valuation. I added a link to a different thread where he pointed out Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang gave an inspiring commencement speech on May 28 where it was briefly mentioned the way Nvidia almost failed on 3 different occasions: https://twitter.com/petergyang/status/1662831418882560000 https://twitter.com/petergyang/status/1662831418882560000 At the time this did not appear to be appreciated at all. Maybe this far into June there will be others who find his recollection worthwhile. As an excerpt: "Run don't walk. Either you're running for food, or you are running from being food: 1. Have the humility to confront failure and ask help. 2. Endure the pain needed to realize your dream. 3. Make sacrifices for your life's work."

alok-g 3y ago

Curiously, a multitude of AI algorithms can figure which 'features' are relevant (ignoring training data requirement for a second*), to what extent, and how to use them as needed. On the other hand, humans (the authors in this example) often don't understand that, and can take any of the input features as the key determining factor. * When, why, and if, AI needs more training data than humans aside, even humans have received enough of it to have developed some common sense, but yet ...

fuzzfactor 3y ago

Regardless of how humble, good business strategy can be useful to pay attention to. There was a recent posting of a twitter thread by Peter Yang discussing the $Trillion valuation. I added a link to a different thread where he pointed out Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang gave an inspiring commencement speech on May 28 where it was briefly mentioned the way Nvidia almost failed on 3 different occasions: https://twitter.com/petergyang/status/1662831418882560000 https://twitter.com/petergyang/status/1662831418882560000 At the time this did not appear to be appreciated at all. Maybe this far into June there will be others who find his recollection worthwhile. As an excerpt: "Run don't walk. Either you're running for food, or you are running from being food: 1. Have the humility to confront failure and ask help. 2. Endure the pain needed to realize your dream. 3. Make sacrifices for your life's work."